I watched the Christmas special of Upstart Crow - first time I've seen it. Reasonably predictable fare, but enjoyable enough I suppose. I wonder if knowing the characters better will help. I've watched both series of this. I find it reasonably amusing, but not all-time-classic material. Aye, sounds...

I was reading some articles on why we go off modern music as we get older and most people suggested that we have more time to discover new stuff when we're younger. I don't buy that argument. I still have the time to search for music I've never heard before but invariably I find myself liking stuff...

Depends what you mean by celebrate. I see that as going to see friends and family, and eating an absurd amount of food, not to mention chucking a few pressies around. On that score, much before the 20th seems pretty silly. Companies think it means shopping a lot as far as I can tell.

No-one's mentioned the Young brothers? It is a bit of a coincidence them dying within a month of one another but it's not a connection I'd expect most people to make. Malcolm I would perhaps expected to have got a comment on here, what with AC/DC and that, but George? Not so much. I knew who he was...

Sorry to put this in this thread, due to technical issues. Having just witnessed the first tablet Scrabble tournament, I wondered if Apterous could be used in the same way, albeit a laptop version. I just wondered if a face to face event would work. Feel free to put this in the correct thread You m...

Everyone is going crazy about Clive Lewis' comments, but a more extreme approach should be taken when considering the position of Sheffield Labour MP Jared O'Mara, I think even though the comments were made 13 years ago, they really were extreme for a modern day politician. I personally think that ...

Mean confidence: 85.20% Actual percent correct: 88.00% You want your mean confidence and actual score to be as close as possible. Mean confidence on correct answers: 87.73% Mean confidence on incorrect answers: 66.67% You want your mean confidence to be low for incorrect answers and high for correc...

Oh wait, much more obvious one. Sleeping in a bed with someone else. This just obviously seems like the worst idea ever and if it were being invented now I think most adults would be horrified. You have to go to sleep at the time chosen by whichever of you wants to go to bed later, and get up at th...

Enjoy listening to songs that I've heard 64,775 times before. Quite an intriguing one. Obviously you're going for hyperbole, but realistically when would a song's joy die for you? There are many, many tracks that I can't ever imagine suddenly not enjoying. It's true that there are a dozen or so son...

Isn't it ironic that one of the only available parties to not have a platform during the debates were the DUP. Speaking of which, Both John Major and David Cameron would not form a coalition with the DUP. Why didn't she ask the Lib Dems? Yes they did, along with the other NI parties. I don't rememb...

Using a bit of guesstimation based on last week's results, I've now got the Tories at about 375, Labour about 170, Lib Dems ~20, Greens 2, SNP down below 50, UKIP lol. Tory majority of around 100. About 60 seats changing hands, mostly away from Labour. Long way to go yet, but Corbyn needs to work v...

No No Wise words there from Thomas. Anybody got any thoughts about the local/mayoral elections last week? Major shock here in the Tees Valley mayoral election, with the Conservative candidate narrowly winning (even though the local Labour-dominated councils are much-criticised, Labour candidate Sue...

He didn't write it. Yes, it was Greg whatsit out of the New Radicals, wasn't it? Which presumably explains why it sounds almost exactly like "You Get What You Give". The New Radicals tune is sublime, Life is a Rollercoaster is average at best It's about as sublime as pouring concrete in my ears.

There was something about the controls of wipeout hd that I can't put my finger on and that ruined my enjoyment of it. It was like they weren't as tight as the original or something. The original was rock hard though mainly thanks to the controls but ever since Dark Souls I now prefer that old scho...

I do hope that the working class will not have to turn to the likes of Ukip to be represented. The Labour party is such a shambles and only a new, new Labour, type shake up can save it. If its own MPs would get their heads out of their arses, things would work more smoothly. I don't think it's as b...

Tories are obviously likely to win at the moment, but more than a 50 seat majority could be tough, and circumstances may work against them more than expected. Key points to take note of: UKIP and SNP peaked last time, the only way is down. Lib Dems bottomed out last time, the only way is up. UKIP vo...